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June 19, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 25
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SWRnet provides a weekly update about new research funding opportunities, calls for papers and proposals, conferences and trainings, new data and research, and news for the social work research community.
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Funding Opportunities
New Pathways for Fathers and Families (ACF)
Deadline: July 7, 2015
This FOA was formerly titled "Responsible Fatherhood: Improving Relationships and Economic Outcomes for Fathers and Families." The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) is announcing its intent to competitively award demonstration projects that support activities promoting responsible fatherhood as enacted by the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-291). The Responsible Fatherhood initiative is designed to help fathers establish or strengthen positive parental interaction by providing activities that develop and improve relationship, communication and parenting skills, and contribute to the financial well-being of their children by providing job training and other employment services. Click here for more information.
Grants to Support the Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program (CMS)
Deadline: August 11, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing the availability of funds under this grant program to assist researchers in conducting health services research for 2015. The purpose of the Hispanic grant program is to implement Hispanic health services research activities to meet the needs of diverse CMS beneficiary populations. The grant program is designed to: 1) encourage health services and health disparities researchers to pursue research issues which impact Hispanic Medicare, Medicaid, and Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) health services issues, 2) conduct outreach activities to apprise Hispanic researchers of funding availability to conduct research-related issues affecting Hispanic communities to expand the pool of applicants applying for such grants, 3) assist CMS in implementing its mission focusing on health care quality and improvement for its beneficiaries, 4) support extramural research in health care capacity development activities for the Hispanic communities, 5) promote research that will be aimed at developing a better understanding of health care services issues pertaining to Hispanics, and 6) foster a network for communication and collaboration regarding Hispanic health care issues. Click here for more information.
Methodologies to Enhance Understanding of HIV Associated Social Determinants (NIH)
Deadline: August 19, 2015
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that propose to understand social determinants of health as they relate to HIV infection and disease outcomes. Click here for more information.
Short Courses in High Priority Domains of Behavioral and Social Research on Aging (NIH)
Deadline: October 7, 2015
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.The over-arching goal of this National Insitute on Aging (NIA) R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs in interdisciplinary areas of science relevant to behavioral and social research on aging. To accomplish this goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development aimed at enhancing the development of interdisciplinary scientists and of common languages and sharing of tools and analytic approaches across disciplines. Click here for more information.
Ethical Issues in Research on HIV/AIDS and its Co-Morbidities (NIH)
Deadline: January 8, 2018
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications addressing ethical issues relevant to research on HIV and associated co-morbidities, including research with populations living with or at high risk of HIV acquisition. Click here for more information.
Harnessing Big Data to Halt HIV (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2018
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote research that transforms understanding of HIV transmission, the HIV care continuum, and HIV comorbidities using Big Data Science (BDS). These approaches should include projects to assemble big data sources, conduct robust and reproducible analyses, and create meaningful visualization of big data. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Abstracts
World Health Summit - New Voices in Global Health 2015
Deadline: July 31 ,2015
The New Voices in Global Health (NVGH) initiative promotes the active participation of young scientists in the World Health Summit (WHS). It is supported by the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies. The NVGH is aimed at empowering research, policy and advocacy initiatives among future leaders in global health, who are invited to send in abstracts of their scientific work and ideas. Click here for more information.
Call for Presentations
National Rural Health Association 39th Annual Rural Health Conference
Deadline: July 31, 2015
The National Rural Health Association's Annual Rural Health Conference is the nation's premier event celebrating rural health. Each year, more than 200 faculty present 48 concurrent educational sessions, 20 research papers and up to 100 research and educational posters. Any person with an interest in rural health care or rural health research is invited to submit session proposals or original research for presentation during the 2016 conference. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research (JSSWR) - Severe Mental Illness
EXTENDED Deadline: August 31, 2015
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research (JSSWR) announces an extension to the submission deadline for its special issue dedicated to studies related to adults with severe mental illness (e.g., major depression, including first episode and across the life span; schizophrenia; bipolar disorder). JSSWR welcomes studies using diverse methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and systematic reviews. All high-quality manuscripts addressing issues related to severe mental illness with relevance to social work are of interest. Thus, papers may report on practice issues at the individual, family, community, organizational, and provider levels, as well as U.S. and comparative policy. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
2015 National Urban League Conference - Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs and Justice
July 29-August 1, 2015 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Mark your calendars! For four power packed days, political, business, and community leaders will convene in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the 2015 National Urban League Conference, July 29 - August 1, 2015. We look forward to seeing you in South Florida for an inspiring and empowering conference that will provide you with unmatched professional, civic engagement, business development, and networking opportunities. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Partnerships to Advance Quality Services (PAQS) Training & Implementation Opportunity
August 17- 20, 2015 - Chicago, IL
Social work faculty/scholars and social service agency partners are invited to participate in 3.5 days of free training that focus on both performance measurement and quality improvement in social service agencies. The final day will be devoted to developing improvement projects tailored to agency programs. Click here for more information.
20th Annual HeLa Women's Health ConferencePrecision Medicine & Health Equity
September 18-19, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
This conference is designed to heighten participants' awareness on a variety of topics relative to "Precision Medicine and Health Equity" and is targeted toward practitioners, researchers, public policy and health advocates whose work and interest include disease prevention and treatment approaches where individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle are taken in account to achieve health equity, especially in women's health. Click here for more information.
Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS)
June 1-3, 2016 - Washington, D.C.
For nearly 20 years, the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has convened researchers, State and local administrators, practitioners, and Federal officials and policymakers to discuss cutting-edge research on family self-sufficiency and social welfare programs and policies. The 2016 RECS will provide another opportunity to gather in D.C. and hear the latest findings from evaluations of social welfare programs and policies, discuss ways to incorporate findings into the design and implementation of programs, and develop strategies for future evaluations. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Office of Minority Health Data Brief - Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors of among a Diverse Group of Adult Hispanic/Latino Males (Ages 18-64 Years) in the United States
Reducing health disparities in the nation is a goal for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Affordable Care Act is making important strides toward meeting that goal. This data brief focuses on a key provision of this landmark legislation that strengthens data collection standards that will help improve public health strategies and practices to address health disparities. New data collection standards issued in 2011 by HHS under Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act, allow for additional levels of detail for race and Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status collected in population health surveys conducted by the Department. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report - Understanding the Uninsured Now
The nation's uninsurance rate has dropped significantly since the Affordable Care Act was enacted. But millions of Americans remain uninsured. In order to get a full picture of the lives of the uninsured and explore their feelings around enrolling in health insurance, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned a national survey with uninsured adults at the conclusion of the second open enrollment period for the health insurance marketplace. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Office of Minority Health - June is Men's Health Month
During Men's Health Month, we are raising awareness about health disparities that affect boys and men of color. And we are also raising the dialogue on efforts to ensure that all men achieve better health outcomes. This June, encourage the men in your lives to take a powerful step towards good health by making healthier food choices, avoiding smoking, staying active, reducing risk for injury and scheduling a check-up. Click here for more information.
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